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المدة: 1 hour المحاور: Family, friends and personal information, Describing people (appearance and character), Simple present (affirmative, negative, interrogative), Adverbs of frequency, Possessive adjectives, Wh-questions (Where, How old), Pronunciation of the final -s/-es
Exercise 1: Reading and Mastery of Language (14 points)
Read the text carefully.
My family
My name is Yacine Haddad. I am thirteen years old and I live in Constantine with my family. There are five people in my family: my parents, my older sister Amel, my little brother Adam and me. My father is a pharmacist. He works in a pharmacy near our house. My mother is a primary school teacher. She is kind and generous. Amel is tall and has long black hair. She is a high school student and she always helps me with my homework. Adam is only five. He is funny, but he sometimes breaks my toys! On Fridays, we usually visit my grandparents in Mila. My grandmother cooks delicious couscous and we never leave her house hungry.
A. Reading Comprehension (7 points)
1. Write "True" or "False" and justify your answer from the text. (3 points: 0,5 for the verdict + 0,5 for the justification, for each statement)
a. Yacine lives in Mila.
b. Yacine's mother works in a pharmacy.
c. Amel is a high school student.
2. Answer the questions in full sentences. (2 points)
a. How many people are there in Yacine's family? (1 pt)
b. Who helps Yacine with his homework? (1 pt)
3. Who do the pronouns in bold refer to? (1 point)
a. "He works in a pharmacy near our house." (0,5 pt)
b. "He is funny, but he sometimes breaks my toys!" (0,5 pt)
4. Find in the text a word that is closest in meaning to "tasty" and a word that is the opposite of "short" (when we talk about a person's height). (1 point)
B. Mastery of Language (7 points)
5. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form of the simple present. (2 points: 0,5 each)
a. Adam ______ (go) to school by bus.
b. My parents ______ (not / drink) coffee in the evening.
c. ______ your sister ______ (play) tennis at the weekend?
d. Yacine ______ (study) English on Mondays.
6. Reorder the words to make correct sentences. (1 point: 0,5 each)
a. always / Amel / her brother / helps / .
b. a / is / my / doctor / uncle / .
7. Ask questions about the words in bold. (1 point: 0,5 each)
a. Yacine lives in Constantine.
b. Adam is five years old.
8. Complete with the correct possessive adjective (my, his, her, our, their). (1 point: 0,5 each)
a. Yacine loves ______ grandmother. (Yacine's grandmother)
b. Amel and Yacine do ______ homework together.
9. Classify these verbs according to the pronunciation of the final "s": /s/, /z/ or /iz/. (2 points: 0,5 each)
cooks – plays – watches – helps
| /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ |
|---|---|---|
الحل وسلم التنقيط
A. Reading Comprehension (7 points)
1. True / False (3 points)
- a. False (0,5). Justification: "I live in Constantine with my family." (0,5)
- b. False (0,5). Justification: "My mother is a primary school teacher." (0,5)
- c. True (0,5). Justification: "She is a high school student." (0,5)
2. Answers (2 points)
- a. There are five people in Yacine's family. (1)
- b. Amel (his older sister) helps Yacine with his homework. (1)
(0,5 for the correct information, 0,5 for a correct full sentence.)
3. Pronouns (1 point)
- a. "He" = Yacine's father. (0,5)
- b. "He" = Adam (Yacine's little brother). (0,5)
4. Vocabulary (1 point)
- tasty = delicious (0,5)
- opposite of short (height) = tall (0,5)
B. Mastery of Language (7 points)
5. Simple present (2 points, 0,5 each)
- a. goes
- b. do not (don't) drink
- c. Does ... play
- d. studies
6. Reordering (1 point, 0,5 each)
- a. Amel always helps her brother.
- b. My uncle is a doctor.
7. Questions (1 point, 0,5 each)
- a. Where does Yacine live?
- b. How old is Adam?
8. Possessive adjectives (1 point, 0,5 each)
- a. his
- b. their
9. Pronunciation of final "s" (2 points, 0,5 each)
| /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ |
|---|---|---|
| cooks, helps | plays | watches |
(Total for Exercise 1: 14 points.)
Exercise 2: Written Expression (6 points)
10. Your new pen pal, Sarah from Canada, wants to know about your family and friends. Write a short paragraph (6 to 8 lines) to introduce one person you know well (a family member or a friend).
You can use the following notes:
- name, age and where he/she lives
- job or school level
- physical appearance (tall, short, long hair...)
- character (kind, funny, shy...)
- what he/she usually does at the weekend
Use the simple present and at least two adverbs of frequency (always, usually, sometimes, never).
الحل وسلم التنقيط
Model answer
My best friend is Karim. He is thirteen years old and he lives in Oran with his family. He is a second year middle school pupil at Ibn Khaldoun Middle School. Karim is tall and thin. He has short brown hair and brown eyes. He is funny and generous, and he always helps his classmates. At the weekend, he usually plays football with me in the afternoon. He sometimes visits his grandparents, but he never stays at home on Fridays.
Marking criteria (6 points)
- Relevance to the task (1,5): the paragraph introduces one person and covers most of the notes (name/age/place, job or school, appearance, character, activities).
- Correct use of grammar (2): simple present with correct -s endings, correct use of be/have, at least two adverbs of frequency in the right place (0,5 for each correct point, up to 2).
- Vocabulary (1): appropriate words for appearance, character and activities.
- Spelling, punctuation and layout (1,5): capital letters, full stops, a coherent paragraph of 6 to 8 lines (0,5 for punctuation, 0,5 for spelling, 0,5 for organisation).
Any coherent, original and correct paragraph is accepted.